Teapot



L.- BELING Nov. 23, 1937.

TEAPOT Filed Nov. 3, 1936 AL... MA 0 ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 23, 193 7 1 I UNITED STATES TEAPOT Leopold Beling, deceased, late of Long Beach,

N. 32., by Christopher C. Beling, executor; Newark, N. J. 7

Application November 3, 1936, Serial No. 108,941

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in teapots, and more particularly to a detachable tea container which may be removably mounted in the cover of the teapot for 5 immersion in and removal from the water in the pot.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a sectionalong lines l--l of Fig. 4; V p

I Figs. 2 and 3 are side elevations partly in section 1 ofdetails of the tea container; and

Fig. 4 is'a vertical cross-section of a teapot equipped with the improved tea container.

I designates the conventional teapot having a pouring spout 2 and a concave cover 3. The tea 15 is placed within a cartridge made, e. g., of perforated sheet aluminum, and consisting of a top 4 and a bottom 5 telescoping within one another and held together by means of a pin and bayonet slot connection 6. The shape and size of the 20 cartridge issuch that it partly fits within the cavity of the cover 3. To hold it within the cover a lip 1 projects from the top 4 of the cartridge and 7 may be pushed within a slot 8 provided for that purpose in a flange I2 of the cover. A bar 9 is V 25 fastened to the top 4 of the cartridge at a point 30 which has previously been filled with tea, can be placed in either one of the two positions indicated in Fig. 4; in the dotted position the tea is brewed, and in the position indicated in solid lines the cartridge is removed from contact with the water so as to stop the brewing operation.

The opening in the cover 3 is large enough for the 5 handle I l to pass through it when it is desired to remove the cartridge for cleaning and refilling. When tilting the cartridge from one position to another, the handle ll cannot slip out because a shoulder formed between the handle II and 10 lever 9 engages the flange of cover 3 at the cutout portion. What is claimed is:

In combination, a teapot, a detachable concave cover for said teapot having an opening, a perforated cartridge for holding the tea and substantially conforming to. the configuration of the cover, a flange depending from the cover within the teapot and having a perforation diametrical- 1y opposite saidopening, a, lip protruding from the of so Leopold Beliny, Deceased. 

